SPAS-12

The Special Purpose Automatic Shotgun (SPAS-12) is a combat shotgun that was produced by the Italian company Franchi from 1979 to 2000; 37,000 were built by the company. Imports of the shotgun to the United States were halted by the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban, but they were allowed to continue entering the USA after the ban expired in 2004. The SPAS-12 is widely used, and even SWAT teams in the USA employ its use.